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In addition to the on-going protests against racism and police violence, following the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, new protests broke out this past weekend after the June 12 police killing of unarmed Black man 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Brooks was a father of four and had just celebrated his daughters birthday hours before being murdered. And, over the weekend it emerged that on Wednesday, June 10, the body of a 24-year-old Black man Robert Fuller was found hanging from a tree close to City Hall in Palmdale, California. Furthermore, news is only now beginning to emerge about the body of 38-year-old Malcolm Harsch, another Black man, was found hanging from a tree close to a public library in nearby Victorville, California. Mr. Harsch was 38 years old. Both hangings took place in cities in Southern California. All of this comes amid more racist maneuvers by Donald Trump. To add insult to injury Donald Trump announced that he will hold a rally in Tulsa Oklahoma, where a white riot on May 31 and June 1, 1921 left 300 Black people dead and the entire Black area, businesses, churches, homes burned to the ground. Trump had first announced that the rally would be held on Friday, June 19, the very day that marked the end of slaver in the U.S., and is known as Freedom Day among Black communities across the country. Amid widespread opposition, Trump was forced to delay the event to Saturday June 20, but that is the very day that the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will hold its long planned Virtual Poor Peoples Mass March and Rally.

And there is more. Trump announced that he is moving the Republican Presidential Convention from Charlotte NC to Jacksonville Florida, this coincides with the 60th anniversary of the city's KKK race riot. Referred to as Ax Handle Saturday, on August 27, 1960, KKK members in the hundreds chased and viciously beat Black people with ax handles and baseball bats. This is where and when Donald Trump chose to give his acceptance speech for what he hopes will be another 4 years in office.

As part of our ongoing coverage of this critical time in US history, we bring you a recent webinar held by Haymarket Books entitled, The Fire This Time: The New Uprising Against Racism and Police Violence. The discussion, moderated by E. Tammy Kim, features Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Dr. Marc Lamont Hill. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes and speaks on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States. She is author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation, which won the Lannan Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book in 2016. She is also editor of How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective, which won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBQT nonfiction in 2018. Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is currently the host of BET News and a political contributor for CNN. An award-winning journalist, Dr. Hill has received numerous prestigious awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, GLAAD, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Dr. Hill is the Steve Charles Professor of Media, Cities, and Solutions at Temple University. Both will speak about the history, present and future of the fight for a world where Black Lives Matter.

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Even as public officials scramble to come up with band-aid solutions they hope will resolve the uprising around the country, we look at what might be some of the underlying issues of protesters in addition to police abuse and murder. For young people and all of us who are facing the challenge of the destruction of the environment, we discuss the use of chemicals in U.S. agriculture. For our weekly Earth Watch segment, we delve into the latest on dicamba, a highly-toxic herbicide that is used to kill weeds in a variety of agricultural areas. Our guest is Rob Faux, the Communications Associate in Iowa for the Pesticide Action Network. Rob is also a farmer.

We also look at U.S. spending on regime change and destabilization around the world. We take a look at U.S.-backed efforts against Evo Morales, who was the first Indigenous president of Bolivia. Our guest is Jake Johnston, a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

Even as public officials scramble to come up with band-aid solutions they hope will resolve the uprising around the country, we look at what might be some of the underlying issues of protesters in addition to police abuse and murder. For young people and all of us who are facing the challenge of the destruction of the environment, we discuss the use of chemicals in U.S. agriculture. For our weekly Earth Watch segment, we delve into the latest on dicamba, a highly-toxic herbicide that is used to kill weeds in a variety of agricultural areas. Our guest is Rob Faux, the Communications Associate in Iowa for the Pesticide Action Network. Rob is also a farmer.

We also look at U.S. spending on regime change and destabilization around the world. We take a look at U.S.-backed efforts against Evo Morales, who was the first Indigenous president of Bolivia. Our guest is Jake Johnston, a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

Even as public officials scramble to come up with band-aid solutions they hope will resolve the uprising around the country, we look at what might be some of the underlying issues of protesters in addition to police abuse and murder. For young people and all of us who are facing the challenge of the destruction of the environment, we discuss the use of chemicals in U.S. agriculture. For our weekly Earth Watch segment, we delve into the latest on dicamba, a highly-toxic herbicide that is used to kill weeds in a variety of agricultural areas. Our guest is Rob Faux, the Communications Associate in Iowa for the Pesticide Action Network. Rob is also a farmer.

We also look at U.S. spending on regime change and destabilization around the world. We take a look at U.S.-backed efforts against Evo Morales, who was the first Indigenous president of Bolivia. Our guest is Jake Johnston, a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

Even as public officials scramble to come up with band-aid solutions they hope will resolve the uprising around the country, we look at what might be some of the underlying issues of protesters in addition to police abuse and murder. For young people and all of us who are facing the challenge of the destruction of the environment, we discuss the use of chemicals in U.S. agriculture. For our weekly Earth Watch segment, we delve into the latest on dicamba, a highly-toxic herbicide that is used to kill weeds in a variety of agricultural areas. Our guest is Rob Faux, the Communications Associate in Iowa for the Pesticide Action Network. Rob is also a farmer.

We also look at U.S. spending on regime change and destabilization around the world. We take a look at U.S.-backed efforts against Evo Morales, who was the first Indigenous president of Bolivia. Our guest is Jake Johnston, a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.

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In 2019, U.S. police killed 259 Black people. Between 2013 and 2019, police killed a total of 7,666 people, according to Mapping Police Violence. Overall, Black people are three times more likely to be killed by police than white people. Within recent weeks, there has been a spate of police killings of Black people across the United States. On March 13, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was murdered by police in Louisville, Kentucky. On May 25, 46-year-old George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Countless others have also impacted, including in Brunswick, Georgia, the case of Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed by vigilantes. While police killings of Black people in the United States are certainly not a new phenomenon, a nationwide and multi-racial movement calling for the defunding and abolition of police is now quickly gaining traction.

In New York City, for example, Mayor Bill de Blasio has somewhat conceded to protesters demands to shift funds away from the NYPD toward youth and social services. In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti has said that he has tasked the city with identifying $150 million in cuts to invest more money into the Black community, communities of color, women and "people who have been left behind." And in Minneapolis, where the latest uprising against police terror began, nine members of the Minneapolis City Council said that they supported defunding the citys police department and replacing it with a community-based public safety model. Across the U.S., calls for defunding and abolishing police are getting louder by the day.

What is the history of policing in the U.S.? How did it start? What impact did its history have on what is happening in policing today? What is the inter-relationship between the legacy of slavery and genocide against Indigenous people, policing and mass incarceration practices of today? Will reforming policing in the U.S. bring an end to racism in the U.S.? What will it take to end racism?

Our guests are Dr. Gerald Horne and Joseph Williams.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

In 2019, U.S. police killed 259 Black people. Between 2013 and 2019, police killed a total of 7,666 people, according to Mapping Police Violence. Overall, Black people are three times more likely to be killed by police than white people. Within recent weeks, there has been a spate of police killings of Black people across the United States. On March 13, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was murdered by police in Louisville, Kentucky. On May 25, 46-year-old George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Countless others have also impacted, including in Brunswick, Georgia, the case of Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed by vigilantes. While police killings of Black people in the United States are certainly not a new phenomenon, a nationwide and multi-racial movement calling for the defunding and abolition of police is now quickly gaining traction.

In New York City, for example, Mayor Bill de Blasio has somewhat conceded to protesters demands to shift funds away from the NYPD toward youth and social services. In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti has said that he has tasked the city with identifying $150 million in cuts to invest more money into the Black community, communities of color, women and "people who have been left behind." And in Minneapolis, where the latest uprising against police terror began, nine members of the Minneapolis City Council said that they supported defunding the citys police department and replacing it with a community-based public safety model. Across the U.S., calls for defunding and abolishing police are getting louder by the day.

What is the history of policing in the U.S.? How did it start? What impact did its history have on what is happening in policing today? What is the inter-relationship between the legacy of slavery and genocide against Indigenous people, policing and mass incarceration practices of today? Will reforming policing in the U.S. bring an end to racism in the U.S.? What will it take to end racism?

Our guests are Dr. Gerald Horne and Joseph Williams.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

In 2019, U.S. police killed 259 Black people. Between 2013 and 2019, police killed a total of 7,666 people, according to Mapping Police Violence. Overall, Black people are three times more likely to be killed by police than white people. Within recent weeks, there has been a spate of police killings of Black people across the United States. On March 13, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was murdered by police in Louisville, Kentucky. On May 25, 46-year-old George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Countless others have also impacted, including in Brunswick, Georgia, the case of Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed by vigilantes. While police killings of Black people in the United States are certainly not a new phenomenon, a nationwide and multi-racial movement calling for the defunding and abolition of police is now quickly gaining traction.

In New York City, for example, Mayor Bill de Blasio has somewhat conceded to protesters demands to shift funds away from the NYPD toward youth and social services. In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti has said that he has tasked the city with identifying $150 million in cuts to invest more money into the Black community, communities of color, women and "people who have been left behind." And in Minneapolis, where the latest uprising against police terror began, nine members of the Minneapolis City Council said that they supported defunding the citys police department and replacing it with a community-based public safety model. Across the U.S., calls for defunding and abolishing police are getting louder by the day.

What is the history of policing in the U.S.? How did it start? What impact did its history have on what is happening in policing today? What is the inter-relationship between the legacy of slavery and genocide against Indigenous people, policing and mass incarceration practices of today? Will reforming policing in the U.S. bring an end to racism in the U.S.? What will it take to end racism?

Our guests are Dr. Gerald Horne and Joseph Williams.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

In 2019, U.S. police killed 259 Black people. Between 2013 and 2019, police killed a total of 7,666 people, according to Mapping Police Violence. Overall, Black people are three times more likely to be killed by police than white people. Within recent weeks, there has been a spate of police killings of Black people across the United States. On March 13, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was murdered by police in Louisville, Kentucky. On May 25, 46-year-old George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Countless others have also impacted, including in Brunswick, Georgia, the case of Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed by vigilantes. While police killings of Black people in the United States are certainly not a new phenomenon, a nationwide and multi-racial movement calling for the defunding and abolition of police is now quickly gaining traction.

In New York City, for example, Mayor Bill de Blasio has somewhat conceded to protesters demands to shift funds away from the NYPD toward youth and social services. In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti has said that he has tasked the city with identifying $150 million in cuts to invest more money into the Black community, communities of color, women and "people who have been left behind." And in Minneapolis, where the latest uprising against police terror began, nine members of the Minneapolis City Council said that they supported defunding the citys police department and replacing it with a community-based public safety model. Across the U.S., calls for defunding and abolishing police are getting louder by the day.

What is the history of policing in the U.S.? How did it start? What impact did its history have on what is happening in policing today? What is the inter-relationship between the legacy of slavery and genocide against Indigenous people, policing and mass incarceration practices of today? Will reforming policing in the U.S. bring an end to racism in the U.S.? What will it take to end racism?

Our guests are Dr. Gerald Horne and Joseph Williams.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

In 2019, U.S. police killed 259 Black people. Between 2013 and 2019, police killed a total of 7,666 people, according to Mapping Police Violence. Overall, Black people are three times more likely to be killed by police than white people. Within recent weeks, there has been a spate of police killings of Black people across the United States. On March 13, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was murdered by police in Louisville, Kentucky. On May 25, 46-year-old George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Countless others have also impacted, including in Brunswick, Georgia, the case of Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed by vigilantes. While police killings of Black people in the United States are certainly not a new phenomenon, a nationwide and multi-racial movement calling for the defunding and abolition of police is now quickly gaining traction.

In New York City, for example, Mayor Bill de Blasio has somewhat conceded to protesters demands to shift funds away from the NYPD toward youth and social services. In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti has said that he has tasked the city with identifying $150 million in cuts to invest more money into the Black community, communities of color, women and "people who have been left behind." And in Minneapolis, where the latest uprising against police terror began, nine members of the Minneapolis City Council said that they supported defunding the citys police department and replacing it with a community-based public safety model. Across the U.S., calls for defunding and abolishing police are getting louder by the day.

What is the history of policing in the U.S.? How did it start? What impact did its history have on what is happening in policing today? What is the inter-relationship between the legacy of slavery and genocide against Indigenous people, policing and mass incarceration practices of today? Will reforming policing in the U.S. bring an end to racism in the U.S.? What will it take to end racism?

Our guests are Dr. Gerald Horne and Joseph Williams.